. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/77 
27 January 2006 
 
 (06-0375) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial - 
Dirección de Agua Potable, Saneamiento Básico y Ambiental  (Ministry of the Environment, 
Housing and Territorial Development - Direct orate of Drinking Water Supply and Basic and 
Environmental Sanitation) Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   (Tariff subheadings 
7904.51.00.00, 7306.50.00.00, 6811.30.00.00, 6810.91.00.00, 3917.29.90.00, 6906.00.00.00, 7303.00.00.00, 3917.21.00.00 and 3917.23.00.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial "Por la cual se 
expide el Reglamento Técnico que señala los requisitos técnicos que deben cumplir los 
tubos de acueducto, alcantarillado, los de us o sanitario y los de aguas lluvias y sus 
accesorios que adquieran las personas prestador as de los servicios de acueducto y 
alcantarillado"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of the Environment, Housing and 
Territorial Development "Issuing the Technical Regulation establishing the technical requirements for pipes for water supply, sewer age systems, sanitary use and stormwater 
runoff and the fittings thereof acquired by water supply and sewerage service providers") 
(12 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the minimum technical 
requirements regarding the chemical compositi on of materials and the standardization of 
minimum information on the technical require ments with which service providers must 
comply in order to ensure quality of service w ith regard to pipes and fittings which make up 
the supply and distribution systems for water for human consumption and pipes and fittings 
which make up the network system for the co llection, final disposal and treatment of 
domestic sewage, industrial waste and stormw ater runoff or a combination thereof. G/TBT/N/COL/77 
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  6. Description of content:   (cont'd) This draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose; 
Scope of application; Definitions;  Technical  requirements for finished water supply pipes 
and fittings with regard to the preservation of water quality;  Technical requirements 
regarding the quality of finished pipes and f ittings for sewerage systems, sanitary use and 
stormwater runoff;  Standardization of mini mum information on technical requirements;  
Control, monitoring and other provisions;  Notifications and Period of validity.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Prevention of risks to human, animal and plant life, health and safety and to the 
environment and prevention of deceptive practices. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law No. 142 of 1994, Decree No. 475 of 1998, Earthquake 
Resistance Standard NSR-98, Resolution No. 1096 of November 2000 of the Ministry of 
Economic Development; 
Colombian Technical Standards:  NTC 384,  NTC 747:97 (first revision), NTC 1087, NTC 
1341 (sixth revision), NTC 3796, NTC 3870 (first revision), NTC 4089 (26 February 1997) 
and NTC 4952 (28 November 2001); 
American National Standards Institute / National Sanitation Foundation (ANSI/NSF) 
Standard No. 61:02, American Society for T esting of Materials Standards ASTM C 494/99 
and ASTM D3681 and Internati onal Organization for Standardization Standard ISO 7186 
(second edition). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
 Proposed date of entry into force:   Six (6) months as from the date of publication in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   25 April 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241-0480 E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Dirección de Regulación 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Calle 28 No.13A - 15, cuarto piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.:  (+571) 241-0478 
Website:  www.mincomercio.go.co 
Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial 
Dirección de Agua Potable, Saneamiento Básico y Ambiental Calle 37 N° 8 - 40
o 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.:  (+571) 332-3434 
Fax:  (+571) 340-6210 E-mail:  mecruz@minambiente.gov.co Website: www.minambiente.gov.co